Innovative dance workshops coming to Peterborough theatre

A six-week programme of one-off workshops with highly skilled professionals covering everything from breakdancing and acrobatics to modern dance is coming to Peterborough.

These two-hour Sunday sessions at the Key Theatre are available to anyone aged 16+ with companies such as Acrojou, TrashDollys and Crimson & the Rovers.

TrashDollys

After an impressive performance at Peterborough’s Arts Festival in 2015, Acrojou will be in residence for two weeks at the Key Theatre developing their piece Vessel which is due to be staged in Summer 2017.

Benjamin Shepherd and Katie Webster, who form Crimson & the Rovers, are also part of Southpaw Dance Company, who performed their production of Faust at this year’s Key Feste.

Acrojou

Diccon Hogger (Base Dance)

January 22 and February 19, 11am – 1pm - it is the turn of the artistic Director of Base Dance, a double world record breaking innovative performance company which performs across the UK. Base Dance’s choreography fuses contemporary, urban and physical theatre styles with advanced contact work creating highly energetic and powerful performances.

Join Diccon to find out how you can adopt his style to inspire your own performances.

Acrojou

January 29 , 11am – 1pm, as part of their residency at the Key, Acrojou will be leading a contemporary dance workshop.

Blending physical theatre, acrobatics and dance, Acrojou performances have a unique style which delivers stunning visuals and gripping narratives. Learn the secrets behind their work in this 2 hour workshop.

February 5 and 15, 11am – 1pm, the two piece dance company, Crimson and the Rovers fuse two polar opposite styles, breaking and contemporary dance. With both choreographers trained in different backgrounds, their performances find an artistic middle ground to deliver a distinctive style.